More than 300 Women Join the Emprende Pro Mujer Network in Central America
More than 300 women from Guatemala and El Salvador have accessed free training through the hybrid Emprende Pro Mujer program,…
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Pro Mujer Expands Hybrid Emprende Pro Mujer Program to Central Mexico
Following the success of the hybrid Emprende Pro Mujer platform in Southeast Mexico, Pro Mujer has expanded the platform to…
Pro Mujer: Committed to Fighting Breast Cancer
The World Health Organization has declared that October is World Breast Cancer Awareness Month, aiming to increase timely detection and…
Pro Mujer Launches Initiative to Support Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health in Mexico
Pro Mujer, a social enterprise with more than 33 years of experience working to advance gender equality in Latin America,…
Pro Mujer Celebrates its 33rd Anniversary Alongside Supporters and Partners
We live in a world that still limits women’s full development and active participation in society. According to a recent…
Women Migrants From Latin America Now Have Access To Online Entrepreneurship Support in United States
Latin American women who have migrated to the United States now have access to a free, online platform to help…
Does Expanding Women’s Access to Microfinance Change Their Quality of Life?
The mainstream financial system in Latin America generally ignores women, who often work in the informal economy to cover their…
Pro Mujer Issues Second Gender Bond in Argentina
The bond was issued under the simplified regime for social impact bonds approved by Argentina’s National Securities Commission (CNV) in…
Pro Mujer announced two Commitments to Action at Clinton Global Initiative 2023 Meeting
Pro Mujer, a social enterprise working to advance gender equality in Latin America since 1990 announced two Commitments to Action…
Pro Mujer joins AT&T to launch enovadoras
In partnership with Pro Mujer and the Entrepreneurship and Transformation Laboratory of Technical Institute of de Monterrey, AT&T launched eNovadoras. This program will grant seed capital…
Lifting up women with Pro Mujer and the Coca Cola Foundation
Thanks to our two-year partnership with the Coca Cola Foundation, we have positively impacted 4,400+ Mexican families and trained 23,409…
A Conversation with Lynne Patterson, Co-Founder of Pro Mujer
Pro Mujer was born in El Alto, Bolivia, in 1990, the creation of two committed educators with the same dream:…
Pro Mujer and ANII join together to provide training and mentoring programs for women-led businesses in Uruguay
As part of this collaboration, Pro Mujer will provide specialized technical assistance to ensure a gender perspective is incorporated into…
Data and Evaluation: Two key tools for a successful gender mainstreaming strategy
Gender mainstreaming is a strategy that seeks to integrate a gender perspective into all policies, programs, activities, and decision-making processes across…
Pro Mujer, Fundación Belcorp, and Latimpacto launch strategic partnership to provide training to migrant entrepreneurs
The number of women migrants has increased significantly in recent years. Today, the United Nations estimates that 49% of the…
SOSEP and Pro Mujer partner to support emerging women entrepreneurs in Guatemala
In Guatemala and across Latin America, gender gaps remain a pressing issue. Although Guatemala has the world’s fourth highest level…
Pro Mujer and Swisscontact partner to build a sustainable future in Bolivia
Pro Mujer is committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development established by the United Nations to promote human development…
Pro Mujer to collaborate with Guatemala Escala to support the development of women in Guatemala
A year ago, Pro Mujer launched in Guatemala to support underserved women with relevant resources and tools to reach their…
Pro Mujer and LeFil promote gender mainstreaming train in Latin America by training 100 social enterprises
In addition to promoting access to finance for women-led businesses, gender lens investing is a powerful catalyst for gender equality…
Pro Mujer and GIZ bring together more than 180 women entrepreneurs from Southeast Mexico for gathering on digital transformation
After multiple days of activities, Digital Entrepreneurship Week came to a close with the Digital Transformation Gathering for Women Entrepreneurs,which washosted at the…
Pro Mujer Mexico expands its health services area Self-Esteem and Self-Love: The added value of Emprende Pro Mujer in Southeast Mexico
On June 15, 60 women entrepreneurs from Campeche gathered to celebrate their graduation from the Pro Mujer Emprende Pro Mujer…
Pro Mujer distributes more than 300 menstrual health products to rural women in Mexico
Although menstruation is a natural part of life, cultural beliefs, gender inequality, and stigmatization have made it so that many…
Community Health Workers Program expands to Cochabamba, Bolivia
The health indicators in Bolivia are alarming, with more than 5 million people unable to access health services (Defensoría del…
Pro Mujer and Gloria Ruíz, Pro Mujer country representative in Nicaragua, receive award for contributions to microfinance
The Network of Financial Development Institutions (RFD) and Fundación Espoir recently hosted the 9th Annual Latin American Community Banking Forum…
Pro Mujer opens five new branches in Bolivia
Pro Mujer is a social enterprise with more than 33 years of experience working to advance gender equality in Bolivia…
Pro Mujer celebrates its first anniversary in Guatemala!
On May 9, Denia del Valle, Pro Mujer Representative in Guatemala, hosted an event celebrating Pro Mujer’s first year of…
Pro Mujer and LEFIL promote gender mainstreaming train in Latin America by training 100 social enterprises
As part of Pro Mujer’s initiatives to strengthen the gender lens investing ecosystem in Latin America, the Pro Mujer Gender…
Success Stories: Emprende Pro Mujer reaches more than 1,100 women in Southeast Mexico
Just one year after launching in Southeast Mexico, the hybrid version of the Emprende Pro Mujer entrepreneurship skilling platform has…
Addressing the most common challenges to implementing gender mainstreaming strategies
Gender mainstreaming is a globally accepted, inclusive strategy that can provide both social and economic benefits. More and more companies…
Rethinking our Perspective: The value of craft within the culture of the traditional art world
On March 27, I was honored to participate in the event “The Female Entrepreneur in Latin American Art” at MAMAN Fine…
